Food Recommendations in the Trotula Italian Prescription for Health?

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Theresa A. Vaughan

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Greek theoretical understanding of the human organism and centuries of practical experience in the treatment of illness were the twin influences on medicine in eleventh and twelfth century Europe. While the writings of Aristotle and Hippocrates were the most influential writings, use of them in the training of medical practitioners was somewhat limited. By the twelfth century, however, with the influx into Europe of new Greek writings from the Arab world and the synthesis and systemization of Greek medical theory by Arabic writers (Waines 1999), a new, more theoretical model of medicine arose (Siraisi 2009). Occurring simultaneously with the rise of the university, a flowering of medical literature and diagnostic commentary emerged. Salerno, in southern Italy, had earned a reputation as a location of talented healers and medical treatment, although not as a location for theoretical medicine. 

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